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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jbe who wrote (44546)	7/8/1999 5:53:00 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 108807

Ain't individuality wonderful? Yep! Our son loves contact and competitive sports. Played all through high school and now into college (lacrosse -- how's THAT for pain!) Girls were good athletes, swam, played high level badminton, hiked, climbed trees, got A's in phys ed, but wouldn't play anything competitive. Coaches were always after them (ours is a small school and every body counts) for soccer or softball or volleyball, any one of which they could have started in, but no. Badminton they would only do as a club sport where it was all for fun, and even then they preferred seeing how long they could keep the birdie alive rather than going for winning shots -- once they got up well over a hundred, I think something line 139 shots. My son loved his swing-o-matic. You could put him in there, even alone in his room, wind it up, and a guaranteed 10 minutes of silence and peace to do whatever you wanted. Wind it every 10 minutes or so and you were good for an hour. (Wish they had the electric ones back then!) Girls wouldn't let you leave them in it at all. No way. Etc., etc. You would hardly know they came from the same parents! I agree totally, personality is there at birth, we can enhance, emphasize the good (to us) parts and deemphasize the bad, try to keep them from getting destroyed by their risk-taking sides, etc. I don't belive it's possible for anybody who has had three children (two could be alike by a fluke) to continue to believe that nurture is more important than nature.